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RFC 1812 - 10. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

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### 10. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

This chapter supersedes any requirements of [INTRO:3] relating to "Extensions to the IP Module."

Facilities to support operation and maintenance (O&M) activities form an essential part of any router implementation. Although these functions do not seem to relate directly to interoperability, they are essential to the network manager who must make the router interoperate and must track down problems when it doesn't. This chapter also includes some discussion of router initialization and of facilities to assist network managers in securing and accounting for their networks.

10.1 Introduction
10.2 Router Initialization

10.2.1 Minimum Router Configuration
10.2.2 Address and Prefix Initialization
10.2.3 Network Booting using BOOTP and TFTP

10.3 Operation and Maintenance

10.3.1 Introduction
10.3.2 Out Of Band Access
10.3.2 Router O&M Functions

10.3.2.1 Maintenance - Hardware Diagnosis
10.3.2.2 Control - Dumping and Rebooting
10.3.2.3 Control - Configuring the Router
10.3.2.4 Net Booting of System Software
10.3.2.5 Detecting and responding to misconfiguration
10.3.2.6 Minimizing Disruption
10.3.2.7 Control - Troubleshooting Problems

10.4 Security Considerations

10.4.1 Auditing and Audit Trails
10.4.2 Configuration Control

Next: 10.1 Introduction

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RFC 1812 - 10. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE